1978-1979 Buffalo Sabres: 36-28-16
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Home record: 19-13-8 (150 goals scored, 130 allowed)
Road record: 17-15-8 (130 goals scored, 133 allowed)
Head Coaches: Marcel Pronovost (8-10-6), Bill Inglis (28-18-10)
Power Play: 55/267 (20.6%)
Penalty Killing: 203/258 (78.7%)
Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 9-4
Even Strength Goals For-Against: 216-204
280 goals scored (9th of 17 teams), 263 goals allowed (5th), 1026 PIM (15th)
NHL Averages: 3.50 goals/game (279.8 goals/team), 1159.7 PIM/team
Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/-
C 11 Gilbert Perreault 6'1 180 28 79 27 58 85 20 6 0 116 39 65 0 172 15.7 +12
RW 18 Danny Gare 5'9 175 24 71 27 40 67 90 7 0 99 31 53 3 260 10.4 +18
RW 14 Rene Robert 5'10 184 29 68 22 40 62 46 1 0 86 35 63 0 206 10.7 -12
C 20 Don Luce 6'2 185 30 79 26 35 61 14 6 2 86 18 87 39 149 17.4 +20
LW 10 Craig Ramsay 5'10 175 27 80 26 31 57 10 4 3 90 19 88 38 113 23.0 +21
LW 7 Rick Martin 5'11 179 27 73 32 21 53 35 8 0 85 26 66 0 250 12.8 -7
D 4 Jerry Korab 6'3 220 30 78 11 40 51 104 8 1 131 40 125 39 204 5.4 +5
RW/C 16 Ric Seiling 6'1 180 21 78 20 22 42 56 2 0 68 9 51 7 136 14.7 +15
C 12 Andre Savard 6'1 185 25 65 18 22 40 20 2 2 59 6 59 8 97 18.6 +2
C/LW 19 Derek Smith 5'11 180 24 43 14 12 26 8 3 0 35 9 32 1 85 16.5 -5
LW 9 Jacques Richard 5'11 180 26 61 10 15 25 26 0 0 37 3 26 0 85 11.8 +8
D 6 Jim Schoenfeld 6'2 200 26 46 8 17 25 67 6 0 81 15 77 19 99 8.1 +8
LW 8 Tony McKegney 6'1 200 20 52 8 14 22 10 0 0 32 4 30 0 67 11.9 -2
D 5 Lee Fogolin 6'0 200 23 74 3 19 22 103 0 0 80 0 103 19 70 4.3 -4
D 3 Bill Stewart 6'2 190 21 67 1 17 18 101 0 0 76 4 80 13 87 1.1 +5
LW 25 Terry Martin 5'11 195 23 64 6 8 14 33 1 0 29 4 50 8 38 15.8 -17
LW 15 Gary McAdam 5'11 175 23 40 6 5 11 13 1 0 17 3 21 1 39 15.4 -6
LW 17 Rick Dudley 6'0 190 29 24 5 6 11 2 0 0 22 0 11 0 36 13.9 +11
D 22 Jocelyn Guevremont 6'2 200 27 34 3 8 11 8 0 0 25 5 10 2 51 5.9 +12
D 24 Bill Hajt 6'3 215 27 40 3 8 11 20 0 1 39 1 55 13 53 5.7 -4
D 23 Ken Breitenbach 6'1 190 23 30 1 8 9 25 0 0 34 0 33 4 41 2.4 +5
LW 21 Dave Schultz 6'1 190 29 28 2 3 5 86 0 0 7 1 18 0 16 12.5 -12
D 15 Mike Boland 6'0 190 24 22 1 2 3 29 0 0 21 0 16 1 17 5.9 +6
D 29 Richie Dunn 6'0 200 21 24 0 3 3 14 0 0 11 1 12 0 18 0.0 -2
D 27 Larry Playfair 6'4 205 20 26 0 3 3 60 0 0 18 1 17 1 12 0.0 +1
G 1 Don Edwards 5'9 160 23 54 0 2 2 8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
G 30 Randy Ireland 6'0 165 21 2 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
G 28 Bob Sauve 5'8 175 23 29 0 0 0 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
Skater data: GP: Games played; G: Goals scored; A: Assists; Pts: Total points; PIM: Penalties in minutes; PP: Power play goals; SH: Shorthanded goals;
TGF: Total goals on ice for; PGF: Power play goals on ice for; TGA: Total goals on ice against; PGA: Power play goals on ice against; S: Shots taken; S%: Shooting percentage
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Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO
G 1 Don Edwards 23 54 3160 159 3.02 26 18 9 1575 .899 1 2
G 28 Bob Sauve 23 29 1610 100 3.73 10 10 7 807 .876 0 0
G 30 Randy Ireland 21 2 30 3 6.00 0 0 0 21 .857 0 0
Goalie data: GP: Games played; Min: Minutes played; GA: Goals allowed; GAA: Goals allowed per 60 minutes; W: Wins; L: Losses; T: Ties;
Sht: Shots faced; Pct: Save percentage; EN: Empty net goals allowed; SO: Shutouts
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1978 Draft:
NHL WHA
Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games Games Team
1 13 D Larry Playfair 688 Portland Winter Hawks (WCHL)
2 32 LW Tony McKegney 912 Kingston Canadians (OHA)
3 49 C Rob McClanahan 224 University of Minnesota (NCAA)
4 66 D Mike Gazdic Sudbury Wolves (OHA)
5 82 G Randy Ireland 2 Flint Generals (IHL)
6 99 LW Cam MacGregor Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
7 116 C Dan Eastman Saginaw Gears (IHL)
8 133 C Eric Strobel University of Minnesota (NCAA)
9 150 C Eugene O'Sullivan Calgary Wranglers (WCHL)
Traded draft picks:
#10 to PHI (Rick Berard)
#11 to PHI (Mark Berge)
Transactions
01-05-1979 | signed Mike Boland as a free agent |
02-06-1979 | traded Gary McAdam to Penguins for Dave Schultz |
03-12-1979 | traded Jocelyn Guevremont to Rangers for future considerations |
06-09-1979 | reclaimed the rights to Dave Dryden prior to expansion draft |
06-09-1979 | Oilers claimed Dave Dryden as an expansion draft priority selection |
06-09-1979 | Nordiques claimed Garry Lariviere as an expansion draft priority selection |
06-13-1979 | Nordiques selected Terry Martin in expansion draft |
06-13-1979 | Whalers selected Dave Given in expansion draft |
06-13-1979 | Oilers selected Ron Areshenkoff in expansion draft |
06-13-1979 | Oilers selected Lee Fogolin in expansion draft |
09-05-1979 | signed Georgie Robertson as a free agent |
09-05-1979 | signed Jim Walsh as a free agent |
09-16-1979 | signed Bob Mongrain as a free agent |
10-05-1979 | traded Rene Robert to Rockies for John Van Boxmeer |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary.
Date Opponent Result
Round 1
04/10/1979 vs Pittsburgh Penguins L 3-4
04/12/1979 at Pittsburgh Penguins W 3-1
04/14/1979 vs Pittsburgh Penguins L 3-4 (OT)
Playoff Stats:
Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/-
RW 14 Rene Robert 5'10 184 29 3 2 2 4 4 0 0
LW 7 Rick Martin 5'11 179 27 3 0 3 3 0 0 0
LW 17 Rick Dudley 6'0 190 29 3 1 1 2 2 0 0
C 20 Don Luce 6'2 185 30 3 1 1 2 0 0 0
C 12 Andre Savard 6'1 185 25 3 0 2 2 2 0 0
LW 21 Dave Schultz 6'1 190 29 3 0 2 2 4 0 0
D 3 Bill Stewart 6'2 190 21 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
LW 8 Tony McKegney 6'1 200 20 2 0 1 1 0 0 0
D 15 Mike Boland 6'0 190 24 3 1 0 1 2 0 0
D 23 Ken Breitenbach 6'1 190 23 3 0 1 1 4 0 0
D 4 Jerry Korab 6'3 220 30 3 1 0 1 4 0 0
C 11 Gilbert Perreault 6'1 180 28 3 1 0 1 2 1 0
LW 10 Craig Ramsay 5'10 175 27 3 1 0 1 2 0 0
LW 9 Jacques Richard 5'11 180 26 3 1 0 1 0 0 0
D 6 Jim Schoenfeld 6'2 200 26 3 0 1 1 0 0 0
RW/C 16 Ric Seiling 6'1 180 21 3 0 1 1 2 0 0
D 5 Lee Fogolin 6'0 200 23 3 0 0 0 4 0 0
RW 18 Danny Gare 5'9 175 24 3 0 0 0 9 0 0
G 28 Bob Sauve 5'8 175 23 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
D 29 Richie Dunn 6'0 200 21 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
G 1 Don Edwards 5'9 160 23 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
D 22 Jocelyn Guevremont 6'2 200 27 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
D 24 Bill Hajt 6'3 215 27 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
G 30 Randy Ireland 6'0 165 21 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
LW 25 Terry Martin 5'11 195 23 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
LW 15 Gary McAdam 5'11 175 23 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
D 27 Larry Playfair 6'4 205 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
C/LW 19 Derek Smith 5'11 180 24 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO
G 28 Bob Sauve 23 3 181 9 2.98 1 2 77 .883 0 0
Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary.
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